Fishing reel



Dec.I 28, 1926. LZJ?? P. CTUCCI FI SHING REEL Filed March 2l, 1925 Patented Dec. 28, 1226.

PLINY- CATUCCI, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FISHING REEL.

Application filed March 21, 1925. Serial No. 17,420.

My improved reel is what is known in the art as a trout reel. 'lhis is `not the usual form of fishing reel, in that it has no multiplying gear train. rlhe frame of the reel is made ot some self-hardening composition, as for example bakelite, condensite, vulcanite, or the like, with suitable metallic cores for the same so as to aHord the requisite strength in the completed structure.

One of the minor features in the improvement resides in the adjustable click mechanism, whereby the click spring may be given greater or less tension. Another minor eature or improvement resides inthe means o l5 of securing the foot plate to the traine posts.

`ln the accompanwing drawingliig. l is a iront elevational view of complete fishing reel.

Fig. 2, is a side view of the same.' lFig. 3is an inner end view of the spool illustrating the detachably clicl: wheel ring. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the trame with the spool and head ring removed 'to show clearly the means for adjusting the click i springs.

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Fig. 5, is a transverse sectional view taken on line 5 5l ot Fig. 1. c

Similar reference numerals reter to like parts throughout the specication and drawing. 'y v The iirame of my improved reel is made up oit-the back plate l from which a series of frame yposts 2 project, saidframe posts loeingmoulded` into the plastic composition of ,which the hack plate 'is made.' Ar central spool shaft 3 is also mounted in the vcenter of said back plate to form a support for the spool l. The posts 2 are metal and are uniformly distributed, as shown in Figs. lland d, about'the Hanged rirn of the back ate. `iirhich ythe footplate 5 is secured, said foot plate bein provided with apertures through 'which sai frame posts2'are inserted and held in place vhy means of' abone-pointed screw 6. 'Upon the' outer ends ofthe series.

ot frame posts 2, li mount a headv ring 7, securing the same in place by means of a series ot screws Sinserted4 through the body ot the ring and into `the ends respectively ot the trame posts 2 asshown in Fig. 1. rlhe head ring 7 is made of the plastic com.- position-above described, and in order' to give it requisite strength, l provide a metallic core 9; said core being stamped, into av ring shape and corrugated in cross section plate as shown.

'lwo of i such posts are shown 'toI to give it the requisiteA strength. This core is inserted into the mold or die into which the composition is forced under pressure so that said core is completely imbedded in the interior ot' the head ring. When said head ring is secured by means of the screws 8, as above described, a perfectly rigid iframe is formed with the foot plate 5 secured thereto. y

'lhe spool 4, is sectional and is moulded of the same plastic material as above describedv and originally made in two parts, as the flanges 10 and 11 with inreaching hubs 12 and 13. The flange 11 with its hub 13 is molded with ay sleeve bearing la in the center thereof. The two flanges are secured together upon the metallic sleeve bearing 14, thus forming a rigid spool 4 upon which to wind the line. A brpad headed screw 15 is screwed into the end of the stub shaft 3 to hold the spool 4f upon said stub Vshatt and to permit the same to rotatev freely thereon.` rllhe' crank 16 is mounted to freely` turn upon the screw 17,

which latter is inserted in a boss 18 near therim of the outer dange 10.

ln order to adord spaee tor the click mechanismv it will be noted that the back plate 1 is made cup shape and of a sutiicient depth to afford space between the spool flange 11 and the hack late in which t0 mount such click mechanism. The click in the present case is what is known as the fixed type of click; that is, it is always inI operay9o tion. lit consists ot a triangular click 19 pivy otally -secured to the back plateby means of a-Pscrew' 20, which is inserted into the 4back ln the back plate andl located upon opposite sides of the ,stub shaft 95 `are the two series oil guide studs 22 and 2?.;

guided between these sets of studs, as clearly shown, are the two click springs 211, 25, which have their bent vends turned into arc shape to bear upon the outer flat side ot the l0() click 19. The dat bases of the springs21 l zand 25, are slottedas at 26, 27, to take over the two-set screws '28, 29, respectively, said set screws being screwed in/rom the back side of the back plate and into the Aclamping los their adjusted position to give the proper pressure upon the outer face of the click 19. The making of the click 19, triangular as shown in Fig 4, permits the change of-the position of said click to bring another one of the angular points toward the center to bear upon the click Wheel as the points Wear. The click Wheel 32, consists of a ring with the gear teeth as shown in Fig. 3, said ring having a series of inward projections as 33. The end of the sleeve bearing 14, is castellated, as shown in Fig. 3, with each of the projections 34 provided with a circumferential groove as 35, into which the above mentioned projections 33 of the click Wheel may be turned. t Will be noted that the inward projections 33 may be dropped into the castellated slots between the projections 34, given a slight turn to carry the projections 33 into the under cut groove 35. A small key 36 may non7 be inserted into one of the grooves between the castellated projections 34 and held in place by means of a small screw 37, thus locking the click ring 32 in place. rlhe reason for making the click wheel detachable is that in practice the click Wheel Wears out and must be replaced Vand the means described are provided in order that such replacement may be quickly and readily performed.

It will be noted that the inner faces of the spool flanges and 11, are provided with radial beads as 39, such beads .extending around upon the spool hubs at 40, 4l. When f a line is Wound upon the spool, this series of beads Will support said line and afford a complete air space between the spool andthe line Wound thereon. This is a material' advantage, in that, it affords air circulation about the line thereby permitting the line' to be quickly dried out after use.

l claim:

l. A fishing reel having a frame comprising a back plate and a head ring each moulded to 'form from a plastic self-hardening composition, said back plate being cup shaped and having a plurality of frame posts rigidly moulded into the margin thereof, said head ring having a metal ring core plate, a corrugated metal ring core imbedded l in said head ring, means for rigidly securing said head ring to the outer ends of said frame posts, and a spool shaft fixedly 1mbedded in said back plate at its center, during the molding of the plate.

3. In a fishing reel, the combination of a back plate and a head ring each molded from a plastic non-metallic self-hardening composition, a plurality of frame posts embedded into the margin of said back plate, means for detachably securing said head ring to the outer ends of said posts to form a rigid reed frame, a spool shaft embedded in said back plate at its center, a sectional spool having inreaching hub elements interengaged, one ot 'said hub elements extending through the other flushiwith said head ring, a sleeve interjacent said extending hub element and said shaft, and means for securing said spool upon said shaft against accidental displacement.

4. A spool for fishing reels comprising va pair of separate spool flanges molded from a plastic non-metallic self-hardening composition, interengaging hubs on said flanges,

and a metallic bearing sleeve upon which said hubs and flanges are rigidly mounted.

5. A spool for fishing reels comprising a pair of separate spool Hanges molded from a plastic non-metallic self-hardening composition, intel-engaging hubs on said flanges a. metallic bearing sleeve upon which said flanges and hubs are rigidly mounted, and a plurality of radial beads, molded upon the inner faces of' said flanges and the exposed peripheries of continuous air space beneath a line wound upon said spool.

. PlbliNY CATUCC.

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